08 April 2022
DFS Furniture plc
Transaction in Own Shares
DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" or the "Group"), today announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) from Jefferies International Limited pursuant to its Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 March 2022.
| Date of purchase | 07 April 22 |
| Aggregate number of shares purchased: | 18,262 |
| Lowest price paid per share: | 182.00 |
| Highest price paid per share: | 194.00 |
| Average price paid per share: | 187.34 |
| Broker: | Jefferies International Limited |
DFS intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the above transaction, the Company will have 258,636,720 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue. The total number of shares held by the Company in treasury is 417,693.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 258,219,027 and this figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below:
| Transaction Date | Transaction Time | Volume | Price (GBp) | Platform | Transaction Reference Number |
| 07/04/2022 | 15:43:52 | 598 | 186.4 | XLON | 00294305999TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 15:37:28 | 1329 | 186.6 | XLON | 00294302216TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:52:51 | 557 | 183.8 | XLON | 00294280563TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:44:27 | 422 | 186.4 | XLON | 00294276166TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:43:21 | 456 | 188.2 | XLON | 00294275486TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:43:21 | 242 | 188.4 | XLON | 00294275487TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:42:21 | 33 | 187.4 | XLON | 00294274979TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:42:21 | 316 | 187.4 | XLON | 00294274978TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:41:01 | 341 | 183.2 | XLON | 00294274256TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:41:01 | 8 | 183.2 | XLON | 00294274255TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:39:56 | 1048 | 183.2 | XLON | 00294273742TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:38:51 | 43 | 182 | XLON | 00294272967TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:37:52 | 857 | 182.6 | XLON | 00294272538TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:19:21 | 87 | 184 | XLON | 00294260988TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:19:11 | 316 | 184 | XLON | 00294260892TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:09:27 | 356 | 184.4 | XLON | 00294256050TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:07:43 | 726 | 183.6 | XLON | 00294255191TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 14:00:13 | 899 | 184 | XLON | 00294251944TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 13:58:51 | 892 | 184.6 | XLON | 00294251141TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 13:58:51 | 124 | 184.6 | XLON | 00294251140TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 13:52:39 | 62 | 184.6 | XLON | 00294248022TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 13:13:16 | 378 | 185 | XLON | 00294230458TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 13:13:16 | 7 | 185 | XLON | 00294230457TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 12:13:32 | 749 | 186.8 | XLON | 00294201723TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 10:05:41 | 106 | 189.2 | XLON | 00294118046TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 10:05:41 | 203 | 189.2 | XLON | 00294118045TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 10:02:29 | 172 | 190.8 | XLON | 00294115477TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 10:02:29 | 415 | 190.2 | XLON | 00294115476TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 10:02:29 | 400 | 190.2 | XLON | 00294115475TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:51:08 | 450 | 188 | XLON | 00294106462TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:27:59 | 118 | 189.8 | XLON | 00294089218TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:27:36 | 437 | 189.8 | XLON | 00294088937TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:24:48 | 62 | 188.8 | XLON | 00294086802TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:24:48 | 237 | 188.8 | XLON | 00294086801TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 09:15:09 | 316 | 189.2 | XLON | 00294079016TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:59:33 | 744 | 191.6 | XLON | 00294064822TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:58:29 | 126 | 187.8 | XLON | 00294063965TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:22:46 | 363 | 191.8 | XLON | 00294029250TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:21:41 | 1451 | 191.8 | XLON | 00294028025TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:19:11 | 316 | 190 | XLON | 00294025164TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:16:14 | 836 | 190.8 | XLON | 00294021918TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:09:37 | 332 | 194 | XLON | 00294013212TRLO0.1.1 |
| 07/04/2022 | 08:08:34 | 332 | 194 | XLON | 00294011725TRLO0.1.1 |
Enquiries:
| DFS: (enquiries via Tulchan) | TULCHAN |
| Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary) | James Macey-White |
| Peter McDonald (Investor Relations) | Jessica Reid |
| investor.relations@dfs.co.uk | dfs@tulchangroup.com |
About DFS Furniture plc
The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner. We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options. We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company".
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